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best low fat yoghurts for type 1

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shardlow4

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My son is newly diagnosed as type 1. They say to have low fat yoghurts but most of them are high in sugars. Can people tell me the better brands to buy.
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shardlow4 wrote
They say to have low fat yoghurts but most of them are high in sugars.
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I'm a type 2, and was waiting to see what type 1s would say.
I'm aware that a number of type 2s adopt a low-carb, high(er) fat approach. This has required a rewiring of their brain about fat, and its dangers/benefits. It's required them finding out that a growing number of doctors/clinicians/cardiologists are saying that a high(er) fat diet is good for you, and that low-fat products, almost invariably sweetened to replace the fat content, are bad for you.
I would guess that 99.9% of doctors are still strongly anti-fat.
When I was diagnosed several months ago, I set out to find which way of eating would be best for me. A book by Dr Briffa led me to see that saturated fat is good for me, and that carbs are bad for me, unless greatly reduced in consumption.
So I eat full-fat Greek yoghurt, and have full-fat milk in my tea/coffee.

When diagnosed my GP wanted me to go from semi-skimmed to skimmed. As I said above I went the other way, to full-fat.

The low-fat seems to stem from a fear of raising cholesterol, and of increasing the risk of heart disease. Most low-carb experts disagree with this linking.

However I wouldn't recommend eating higher fat, whilst maintaining a 'normal' level of carbs in your son's diet.
As a nation (and elsewhere) we've been low-fatting and high-carbing for some decades now. The nation's health has been getting worse, and diabetes is growing to epidemic proportions. Go figure.

Geoff
 
Hi. I buy Irish Yoghurts Low Fat fruit yoghurts with no sugar added. They use sweetners such as aspartame. I'm happy to have aspartame rather than high blood sugar but that's your choice. You can buy these from most of the large supermarkets. I'm not aware of any other no sugar added fruit yoghurt brand in the UK; there is a better choice with plain ones
 
i buy the irish yoghurts as they.re lovely but a bit expensive. otherwise we have the cheap ones as less carbs or berries with cream. we both lower carb...... under 100g carbs and its great. more fat less hunger. less carb addiction. x
 
Paul_c said:
Total 0% Greek Yoghurt... add mashed up blueberries (or other fresh berries of your choice) and sucralose based sweetener to taste if using tart berries...

that Total 0% is an absolute wonder... unlike other low fat yoghurts, this is completely fat free and very low carb (4g per 100g)...

https://www.totalgreekyoghurt.com/our-yoghurts/total-0-greek-yoghurt/

enjoy... I know I do... :)
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Sounds good Paul with the blueberries :thumbup:
 
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